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1 Samuel 7:13
“So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more into the coast of Israel: and the hand of the Lord was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
כָּנַעkânaʻ · kaw-nah'
H3665 · Hebrew
H3665 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, to bend the knee; hence, to humiliate, vanquish
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- bring down (low), into subjection, under, humble (self), subdue.
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- יִּכָּֽנְעוּ֙ — verb Niphal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural
- Usage
- Occurs 36 times in the Hebrew Bible.Leviticus 26:41Deuteronomy 9:3Judges 3:30Judges 4:23Judges 8:28
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read כָּנַע here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.